Improvement in nut-locks



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. NUT-LOCK. No.171,804. v Patented Jan. 4,1876.

WITNESSES I mvemoa w zzgo 362% W fl flETERS, PHOTWUTHOGRAPHER,WASHINGTON, n. G.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. HENRY, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN NUT-LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [71,804, dated January4,1876; application filed May 19, 1875.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HENRY, of Bloomington, in the county ofMcLean and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Nut-Holders for Rails of Railroad-Tracks; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a-nut-lock,

' as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a railroadjoint with m y nut-lockingdevice in place thereon. Figs. 2 and 3 are detached views of thenut-lock or nut-holder.

A A represent the adjoining ends of two railroad-rails. Bis thefish-bar; cm, the bolts; and b b, the nuts. The rails are strappedtogether in the usual way, with four bolts and nuts. The nut-lockingdevice or nutholder is a bar, 0, made of iron or steel, of suitablewidth and thickness. At one end of this bar is a slot, 0, of a size tofit the sides of the nuts used. At the proper distance from the slot,and at a point sufficiently near the end I of the rail to receive thenext nut, is a square hole, f, large enough to receive the nut, and

fitting so close that it cannot move. The other end of the nut-holder 0is square, and is doubled back, leaving a flat opening between theflange c and the principal part of the holder, to receive a flat key, h,made of wood or iron. This end of the holder fits squarely against theside of the nut, which is thereby prevented from turning. The nut nextto this and nearest the end of the rail is held in place by the key h.On the inner or under side of the bar or holder 0, at or near the endwhere the flange c is bent over, is formed or attached a projectingpin,'t', which enters the fish-barB or other article to which it is tobe affixed, in a hole or recess, 90, made therein for that purpose;Thisfeature is especially applicable when the nutholder is made for onenut only, as thereby the holder is prevented from turning around.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the bar B, having perforations a: and one or morebolts and nuts, the bar 0, having bent end 0 and pin 6, and the wedge hinserted in the fold of the bar, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of January, 1875.

GEORGE W. HENRY..

Witnesses:

W. M. HATCH, (lBtBUSH.

